Comments on: Merry Christmas, Iraq, three years late

By: i.m.small

i.m.small — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:16:00 +0000

ANOTHER TIGER

Tiger, Tiger, known as war,
Men have bidden thee before,
Called soft names, did thee endite
Friend--unknown thy appetite.

When the planes dropt down their bombs,
Did kids shudder for their moms?
Did they, as the world around
Splintered exploding, peep a sound?

Tiger, Tiger, burning red
Fierce fiery eyes, thou must be fed;
Then when the final days were seen
Of splattered gore were streets made clean?

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:46:00 +0000

Actually, that’s what we did at the start (how many years ago was that?). I’m familiar with numerous projects in which we hired many, many local Iraquis who used shovel, buckets and wheelbarrows. No Americans in bulldozers. It was a deliberate decision to give Iraqis a stake in rebuilding. Why it changed, or to what extent, I do not know. I do know it was covered very little in the American press.

Regarding Haliburton - no-bid contracts are provided for by law - Congress enacted the process years ago (before Bush, by the way). There are not many companies with the capabilities of a Haliburton - and after those “emergency” contracts are let, an army of auditors from the services and DoD go over the billings - and where appropriate, recoups the funds. I’ve seen one or two articles to that effect on page P-16…

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 03:50:00 +0000

To take a break from politics, just for a day:

Merry Christmas, people. Or, whatever greeting may be more appropriate to your beliefs.

The meaning of the season: Peace, goodwill to all.

By: Hugo

Hugo — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 23:41:00 +0000

I have been reading your strip since I was in Berkeley in the late 1990s, when it was published in the Daily Cal and it was called “Lemont Brown.” I didn’t know that you were also fun as a blogger I have added you to my blogroll.